1. [n]  training to improve strength or self-control
2. [n]  the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
3. [n]  the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops"
4. [n]  a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine" or"for such a plan to work requires discipline"
5. [n]  a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
6. [v]  punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
7. [v]  train by instruction and practice; esp. to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

Discipline
Through personal anecdotes and biblical illustrations, Elisabeth Elliot reveals the fulfillment experienced by those who trust and obey God. Discipline: The Glad Surrender will equip you to do God`s will joyfully, whatever it may be.

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1. \Dis`ci*pline\, n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina,
   from discipulus. See {Disciple}.]
   1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education;
      development of the faculties by instruction and exercise;
      training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
            Wife and children are a kind of discipline of
            humanity.                             --Bacon.
            Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the
            substitution of good ones, especially those of
            order, regularity, and obedience.     --C. J. Smith.
   2. Training to act in accordance with established rules;
      accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
            Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part,
            Obey the rules and discipline of art. --Dryden.
   3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control;
      habit of obedience.
            The most perfect, who have their passions in the
            best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on
            their guard.                          --Rogers.
   4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by
      means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
            A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to
            educate ?s.                           --Macaulay.
   5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of
      correction and training.
            Giving her the discipline of the strap. --Addison.
   6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
      --Bp. Wilkins.
   7. (Eccl.) The enforcement of methods of correction against
      one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or
      penal action toward a church member.
   8. (R. C. Ch.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal
      punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a
      penitential scourge.
   9. (Eccl.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the
      Romish or Anglican discipline.
   Syn: Education; instruction; training; culture; correction;
        chastisement; punishment.
   

2. \Dis"ci*pline\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disciplined}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Disciplining}.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to
   flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to
   discipline.]
   1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to
      train.
   2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring
      under control so as to act systematically; to train to act
      together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form
      a habit of obedience in; to drill.
            Ill armed, and worse disciplined.     --Clarendon.
            His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.
                                                  --Macaulay.
   3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise;
      to correct.
            Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly?  --Shak.
   4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
   Syn: To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate;
        correct; chasten; chastise; punish.